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Secondary Packaging

Automation Drives Danone Variety Multi-packs in Mexico

Festo and Hybernya Industrial develop an end-of-line automated packaging solution for multi-packs for Danone and Danup yogurts in Mexico.

November 29, 2021

Hybernya, and Festo for Danone Mexico has warranted greater stability t

PMMI’s Annual Meeting Offers Optimistic Inflation Perspective

PMMI's Annual Meeting returned in-person in a big way after 2020’s event was forced to go completely virtual due to the pandemic, with Detroit hosting over 300 members from 146 member companies, including nearly 90 first-timers.

November 24, 2021

The Purchasing Managers Index (PMI, in green) model, a leading indicator of packaging supplies like paperboard, expects prices to fall back to earth.

A Look at Metal Lug Closures

Also known as lug lids, lug caps, and twist caps, lug closures are the choice for a variety of products that are heat-processed and hot-filled in glass jars.

November 23, 2021

Sterling Anthony

Sustainable Packaging

Paperboard Fruit Carriers

Canada’s Niagara Orchard & Vineyard Corp., located in Virgil, Ontario, just completed its first season-long trial of paperboard carriers in place of thermoformed PET containers for fresh fruit.

November 22, 2021

These paperboard carriers are shipped to grower facilities where operators erect and fill them.

A Farewell Lead Off

This column was my responsibility each month for many years.

November 22, 2021

Pat Reynolds 2016 Official Less Red

Sustainable Packaging

Avocado Cartons and Pet Food SIOC Among New Formats for E-Comm Packaging

See new trends in e-commerce packaging from ThePackHub’s November Packaging Innovation Briefing Report.

November 19, 2021

Crisp/Avojoy sustainable pack for avocados

Clemson Announces Fall 2021 Outstanding Packaging Science Senior Award Winners

From Clemson University comes news about two 2021 awards. Henry Lopez won the Robert Testin Outstanding Packaging Science Senior Award for Fall 2021, and Michaela Gibson received the Packaging World Outstanding Senior Award for Fall 2021.

November 18, 2021

Henry Lopez (left) and Michaela Gibson (right), seniors at Clemson University, received distinguished scholarships related to their study of packaging.

Future-Proof: Design Your Packaging with Robotic Automation in Mind

As robot usage increases, package design should take into mind ease-of-use for this technology, in all points of a product’s life cycle.

November 18, 2021

Head of Curiosity, Brent Lindberg of Fuseneo

Sustainable Packaging

Own Brand Proves Paper-Pack Concept for Store Brands

Built on selling into retail private label, Sofidel recently launched a consumer brand of its own, Nicky, to serve as a proof of concept and market testing brand for a unique paper-pack solution for bath tissue and paper towel packs.

November 18, 2021

Nicky Kitchen Towel 3 Rolls Ambient

Sustainable Packaging

New Packaging from Mars Petcare UK Cuts Plastic by 15M Pieces

Keeping its comparisons aptly within the animal realm, Mars Petcare UK claims its switch from shrink film to paperboard for mixed-can pet food multipacks will eliminate 30 elephants’ worth of plastic.

November 18, 2021

Mars Petcare UK's Chappie canned dog food is one of the brands that is now being sold in paperboard cartons rather than shrink film.

Sustainable Packaging

Big Boost for Compostable Molded Pulp?

Transitioning away from single-use plastic packaging is now widely accepted as a global imperative, and that transition may have gotten a big boost thanks to a recently announced collaboration.

November 17, 2021

Bringing ABB's robotic automation to the process of making Zume's compostable packaging is poised to bring the benefits of this sustainable packaging technology to manufacturing plants around the world.

Sustainable Packaging

L’Oréal Pioneers Bottle Made from Industrial Emissions

The prototype HDPE package is the result of a partnership with LanzaTech and TotalEnergies that converts carbon waste from emissions from a steel mill into recycled polyethylene with the same properties as virgin plastic.

November 17, 2021

L’Oréal has produced a prototype cosmetics bottle that is made from a drop-in polyethylene created from the recycling of carbon emissions.

New Absolut Bottle Design Pays Tribute to Brand’s Credentials

In the biggest design refresh since 1979, Absolut Vodka’s new bottle graphics emphasize the brand’s Swedish provenance and showcase the community and culture driving the brand forward.

November 16, 2021

In September, Absolut Vodka was restaged on shelf with new packaging graphics, representing the biggest design refresh since 1979.

Sustainable Packaging

Packaging as a Business Asset: Loop Case Study

Loop’s prefill reuse model of sustainability has evolved since its development in 2017, and it’s growing as more retailers sign on to owning their own refillable packaging.

November 15, 2021

A Loop Drop Off Point

Secondary Packaging

DTC Creates New Challenges for Secondary Packaging

Direct-to-consumer models require more durable secondary packaging, and considerations such as security, click-and-pick, and branding, also come into play.

November 12, 2021

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Sustainable Packaging

Getting Noticed: KFC Changes its Colors and Asics Delivers Shoes in Blister Pack

See four examples of sustainable and eye-catching packaging from ThePackHub’s November Packaging Innovation Briefing Report.

November 11, 2021

KFC Limited Edition Green Fiber-Based Paper Packaging

Sustainable Packaging

2020 PET Recycling Rate Drops, While Demand for rPET Surges

Annual report shows that while the U.S. demand in 2020 for rPET was strong, the collection of PET bottles decreased by approximately 2.3% to a recycling rate of 26.6%.

November 11, 2021

Recycling Symbol Bottles

Flexible packaging

EU Regulators, Recycling, and Healthcare Plastics

Packaging suppliers speak about the openness of regulators to understand the slower nature of life science manufacturers in adopting more sustainable packaging.

November 11, 2021

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